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Newspaper
Troy Weekly Call
Location
Troy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1910
Page
2
Anger weakens argument and hinders truth, urging calm and gentle discourse. Ripon Wisconsin, famed for Marquette Joliet travel in 1673 and the Sherman Booth episode, will host a historical pageant on June 14 attracting visitors.
Commissioner Williams says many immigrants bound for Canada were turned away at Ellis Island for failing to meet Canadian requirements, a move aimed at reassuring patriots who fear undesirables slip into the United States and bypass immigration laws.
Sir Ernest Shackleton argues proper funding can guarantee reaching the south pole. The text notes the belief that equipment suffices for polar travel and reflects on explorers learning what equipment is needed. It also mentions a German balloon disaster possibly caused by lightning over Reichensachsen, killing four in the airship.
Some eastern railroads stop employing young women stenographers due to a habit of marriage. With June near and the epidemic at its height, corporations strive to keep operations moving on the rails despite the strain.
In the growing seasons a description notes the addition of wob bly legged calves to the bovine populations of the plains. Cowboys in the alkali country are depicted pulling a two year old from a mudhole using a rope and a seasoned vocabulary.
Scientists claim telepathic link with Mars reveals its irrigation system and warn of a rival prodigy who devised a method to reach Venus in a twenty minute flight using a radium aeroplane.
A fragmentary note describes a mastodon preserved by unknown means and mentions feetor or similar term as part of the storage or preparation. The readable text is sparse, offering only a glimpse of an antiquated curiosity about extinct beasts and preservation methods.
Springfield reports Governor Deneen said he would testify before either Sangamon or Cook county grand juries if summoned, waiving exemption. State's Attorney Burke questioned Deneen at the Capitol regarding the furniture contract probe and urged testimony to reach those higher up. Johnston, tied to the Johnston furniture deal, argued with the grand jury and was escorted out after denying any talk with Dirksen. He restated his innocence and faulted Holslaw and Freier as liars.
Rudolph Spreckels, the young San Francisco millionaire, announces a life of reform to purge politics of graft. He will organize a nationwide movement with Claus A. Spreckles, meeting Chicago supporters to push purification in business and labor. Spreckles says Illinois is ripe for a cleaning up.
W. J. Yancey, junior member of Knight, Yancy & Co., a cotton firm that failed last month for $3,000,000, has turned over all his Memphis property and plans to move back to his Pulaski, Tennessee farm.
Frederick Remington, the painter, who died December 26 last at Ridgefield, Conn., left a personal estate valued at 454,660 in this state according to an appraisal filed here. Of this amount, 20,760 is represented by paintings now in storage.
A total of 55000 in prizes was announced for New York to St Louis and New York to Chicago air races. Curtiss recently flew Albany to Governor's Island, winning 10000 as mayor Gaynor praised aviation progress at a Hotel Astor banquet. Hamilton may join the St Louis flight, with a 30,000 prize from The World and 25,000 from The New York Times and Chicago Evening Post.
Charles Wilson, arrested in Webb City Missouri, is charged with first degree murder for beating a two year old child until death. The incident occurred after the mother Mary Lee pleaded for mercy as the child cried due to illness. The body was found under a bed the next morning, and Wilson had initially faced a lesser assault charge before grand jury action.
Alma Kellner eight years old, missing since December 8 from East Broadway, is located in a cellar of St. Johns parochial school at Clay and Walnut streets. A plumber discovers the child wrapped in a carpet, with flesh decayed. authorities suspect murder and a trap door entry. Police pursue leads on Joseph Wendling, the church janitor who vanished after Alma was last seen.
Carnegie hero fund commission probes a dramatic life saving episode in which a mystery man risked his life to rescue a chauffeur from burning gasoline flames. John Barr, Pittsburg newspaper proprietor and friend of Andrew Carnegie, identified as the savior after he used an umbrella to beat out flames and then assisted the injured driver.
London observers question the propriety of Col Theodore Roosevelt’s Guild Hall address criticizing Britain’s Egypt policy. While some papers praise his views, most fear the outburst complicates Anglo Egyptian relations and breach of diplomatic norms.
Annie Kelly, an Illinois school mistress who whipped pupil Michael Burke faced no relief from the Supreme Court. The high court declined to review the Seventh Circuit ruling that she could not be discharged in bankruptcy from the judgment against her for punishing Burke.
A fragmented report notes a 46 year old man marrying for the fourth time in a Charlotte court. The text also references a Virginia house and a person named Abraham with unclear details about a 16 year old connection, leaving the full context uncertain.
A Mt. Vernon Kentucky couple recounts their infant daughter’s scalp eczema case. They say Cuticura Remedies, including Soap Ointment and Resolvent, cleared the scales, restored hair, and left the girl healthy at age sixteen after about nineteen weeks of regular use. They credit the treatments with no other therapies.
A teacher asks students to define landforms using a dialogue about a cape gulf and mountain. Christopher eagerly answers that a mountain is a mountain island extending into the air, prompting a startled reaction from the class.
An old advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as the only positive cure for a constitutional disease. It claims the medicine acts on blood and mucous to destroy the disease foundation and strengthen the system. The makers offer a $100 reward for proof of failure and urge readers to send for testimonials from Toledo, Ohio.
A fragmentary item from the Cleveland Leader quotes brisk newspaper humor about honesty and self-respect. It references a pun about pining away versus sprucing up and mentions a 5c cigar from Single Binder as a dated detail, illustrating the column’s light tone.
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